Psalms 82

1 A psalm of Asaph. God has taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

2 “How long will you crookedly judge, and favor the wicked? (Selah)

How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

3 Do right by the weak and the orphan, acquit the innocent poor.

Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

4 Rescue the weak and the needy, save them from the hand of the wicked.

Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

5 “They have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.

They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

6 It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.

I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

7 Yet like mortals you will surely die, you will fall like any prince.”

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all nations are yours by inheritance.

Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.